Founded in 1991, the Republican Liberty Caucus works to advance the principles of limited government, free markets and individual liberty within the Republican Party.

After initially rejecting the bailout package proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives, days later 58 Congressmen changed their vote to approve of the second version. Thirty-three Democrats changed their vote to “aye,” along with 25 Republicans, giving the bill — H.R. 1424 — enough support to pass the House to be signed by President Bush. The bill passed easily in the Senate before coming to the House, with the support of both Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. Below are the names, divided by party, of those who sold-out the taxpayer for the interests of Wall Street:

Alexander, Rodney [R]
Barrett, James [R]
Biggert, Judy [R]
Boustany, Charles [R]
Buchanan, Vern [R]
Coble, Howard [R]
Conaway, K. [R]
Dent, Charles [R]
Fallin, Mary [R]
Frelinghuysen, Rodney [R]
Gerlach, Jim [R]
Hoekstra, Peter [R]
Knollenberg, Joseph [R]
Kuhl, John [R]
Myrick, Sue [R]
Ramstad, James [R]
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
Schmidt, Jean [R]
Shadegg, John [R]
Shuster, William [R]
Sullivan, John [R]
Terry, Lee [R]
Thornberry, William [R]
Tiberi, Patrick [R]
Wamp, Zach [R]

Zach Wamp, Pete Hoekstra, Mary Fallin, Sue Myrick, and John Shadegg all claim to be fiscal conservatives. How a fiscal conservative could vote for the pork-filled bailout proposal is beyond my comprehension. Only one RLC-endorsed candidate — Mr. Shadegg — switched his vote. I am extremely disappointed with Mr. Shadegg.

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Abercrombie, Neil [D]
Baca, Joe [D]
Berkley, Shelley [D]
Braley, Bruce [D]
Carson, André [D]
Cleaver, Emanuel [D]
Cuellar, Henry [D]
Cummings, Elijah [D]
Edwards, Donna [D]
Giffords, Gabrielle [D]
Green, Al [D]
Hirono, Mazie [D]
Jackson, Jesse [D]
Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D]
Kilpatrick, Carolyn [D]
Lee, Barbara [D]
Lewis, John [D]
Mitchell, Harry [D]
Ortiz, Solomon [D]
Pascrell, William [D]
Pastor, Edward [D]
Rush, Bobby [D]
Schiff, Adam [D]
Scott, David [D]
Solis, Hilda [D]
Sutton, Betty [D]
Thompson, C. [D]
Tierney, John [D]
Watson, Diane [D]
Welch, Peter [D]
Woolsey, Lynn [D]
Wu, David [D]
Yarmuth, John [D]